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HAS SATAN INJURED YOUR FAMILY YET?
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Today's offering,' do help me god, is a pamphlet called “Has Satan Injured Your Family Yet?” It looks like a life insurance brochure, and almost got thrown in the trash. 'Til I noticed it came from an outfit called Personal Christianity.
“Satan” is written by C.S. Lovett. It begins:
“‘Something terrible has happened, pastor. Can you come right over?’
“That call sent me to the home of parents I knew well. Their boy had been jailed for possession of marihuana and attacking a young girl. Their consternation was evident, their grief pitiful. (Credibility zero.)
“ ‘We don’t understand this. We’ve led him to Jesus and sent him to Sunday school all these years. You know he’s president of the Youth Group. How could this happen?'
“My heart went out to them. (Mine sank.) I offered comforting words, but they needed something else. My first question rocked (Really?) them, “Did you teach him about Satan?”
“ ‘What do you mean?’